Fantasy Surfer: Margaret River Preview

Last year, you may remember a few things about the Margaret River Pro. Matt Wilkinson led the ratings, Sebastian Zietz won his first-ever ‘CT event, and we just missed out on seeing North Point used a venue in the contest (the permits weren’t filed in time). This year, Owen Wright is in the lead and this year, all the permits have been filed in time for us to see the Top 34 and Top 17 in action at the fabled North Point. Here's what you'll need to know for the upcoming 2016 Drug Aware Margaret River Pro:

TIME ZONE: Margaret River, Western Australia is 12 hours ahead of the US East Coast and 15 hours ahead of the US West Coast. This means that 7:00am Wednesday, March 29th in Margaret River is 7:00pm Tuesday, March 28th in New York, and 4:00pm Tuesday, March 28th in Los Angeles. If you're not in any of those time zones and want to know the difference in time from Margaret River to your area, we recommend visiting TimeAndDate.com.

INJURIES / REPLACEMENTS / WILDCARDS: As of today (March 25th USA / March 26th AUS) On the men’s side, Italo Ferreira has sustained a lower leg injury and has withdrawn from the event. Nat Young has been named as his replacement. Jesse Mendes has been given one of the wildcards into the Men’s main event and is now available for trading. The final spot in the main event will go to Jacob Wilcox, the Trials winner.

On the women’s side, Laura Enever has pulled out o f the event with a knee injury. She has been replaced by Bianca Buitendag. The final spot in the main event will go to Laura Macaulay, the Trials winner.